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Rifles in the rain *important*
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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 1259277" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>Thanks for all the input guys! From the discussion, and personal experiences, I think we can conclude that water is definitely a problem and affects accuracy. It also seems that water in conjunction with deposits is an even worse problem that can't be simply shot out of the barrel. (at least not with 2 or 3 shots). I suspect that there have been a lot more misses at long range that were caused by this than people were aware of and just passed them off as something else. I also think that water leaking into the chamber around the action is probably nearly as bad. I don't like cleaning a barrel while I am hunting but I will likely pay a lot more attention to keeping things as dry as possible and will probably run an alcohol patch through the bore and chamber under the conditions I encountered this year. I may try testing the affect of this on poi when the weather gets better. We go to great lengths to get the best equipment and develop the best techniques, etc. for long range, and yet this seems to be a potentially serious issue that may be largely overlooked. Even with the bore and action covered, I suspect the condensation that takes place over a week of constant wet weather is a potential accuracy problem when it combines with the deposits already in the barrel...........Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 1259277, member: 13833"] Thanks for all the input guys! From the discussion, and personal experiences, I think we can conclude that water is definitely a problem and affects accuracy. It also seems that water in conjunction with deposits is an even worse problem that can't be simply shot out of the barrel. (at least not with 2 or 3 shots). I suspect that there have been a lot more misses at long range that were caused by this than people were aware of and just passed them off as something else. I also think that water leaking into the chamber around the action is probably nearly as bad. I don't like cleaning a barrel while I am hunting but I will likely pay a lot more attention to keeping things as dry as possible and will probably run an alcohol patch through the bore and chamber under the conditions I encountered this year. I may try testing the affect of this on poi when the weather gets better. We go to great lengths to get the best equipment and develop the best techniques, etc. for long range, and yet this seems to be a potentially serious issue that may be largely overlooked. Even with the bore and action covered, I suspect the condensation that takes place over a week of constant wet weather is a potential accuracy problem when it combines with the deposits already in the barrel...........Rich [/QUOTE]
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